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Quick Guide on FedRAMP Fundamentals

The federal government enacted the FedRAMP regulation in December 2011 to enable executive agencies and departments to use an assessment method based on risk and cost-effectiveness when adopting cloud technologies. A FedRAMP readiness assessment is mandatory for cloud products and solutions providers seeking to receive an Authorization to Operate (ATO). FedRAMP ATO indicates that a provider’s hosted information and systems meet FedRAMP requirements.

What Organizations Need to Adapt to a Changing Cybersecurity Landscape

The future is already here. Is it everything we expected? That depends on who you ask, but the nightmare of maintaining cybersecurity has certainly persisted just as many sci-fi stories predicted. As we move further into the digital era, the stakes in cybersecurity only get higher and higher. So what are some of the main things that organizations should consider in building a solid cybersecurity strategy? Here are a few tips below.

Understanding CMMC 2.0 Scoping Guide by the Department of Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD) has recently released new CMMC 2.0 audit and assessment scoping guides. The awaited CMMC 2.0 Level 1 and Level 2 scoping guides provide insight into how a certified CMMC third-party assessor organization (C3PAO) may scope the CMMC audit and how businesses can potentially scope their own environments. These scoping guides are critical for the CMMC audit and boundary diagrams developed as part of your business’s System Security Plan (SSP).

Dissecting FedRAMP NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171 & CMMC 2.0 Control Structure

Today we are going to discuss controls in the context of any variation of the NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171 requirements. NIST SP 800-53 provides us with a fundamental understanding of how government and many commercial organizations structure control language.

Will COTS Products Require a CMMC Audit and Certification?

The emerging Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) will mandate nearly the entire federal government supply chain and over 300,000 contractors to get audited and certified against the CMMC protocol. The caveat is that some organizations that build Commercial-Off-The-Shelf items or Commercially Available Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products for the Department of Defense (DoD) do NOT require a CMMC certificate . However, the devil is in the details!